Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for November 05, 2014

Smile…

Now you’ve made me self conscious.

“Oh, yeah. Oooh, ahhh, that’s how it always starts. Then later there’s running and screaming.” (Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Ian Malcolm in “The Lost World:Jurassic Park.”)

With so many satellites you would wonder if the images they capture are in 3-D. Of course not all the satellites are operated by one nation; smile you are on spy cam.

And with IR they can tell if you parked in your driveway last night.

I see you,You see me…So why can’t they tell us where the missing plane is?

What’s creepy, Arlo? The sky is full of airplanes and the highways full of cars and trucks, as well.

Space junk to go along with all of the junk on Earth.

♫ The SKY is aliiiive – with the sight of EYEballls! ♫ ♪

Our skies are very full of satilites and junk from satilites. Our skies are chock full of stuff!

I really appreciate the GPS satellites!

Tax Man: Then how did Google get those maps and photos?

Star light, star bright…first star I see tonight, .I wish I may, I wish I might….aw shucks, a satellite!!!!

The NSA’s response would be “So don’t think about it,” or simply “Don’t think.”

If they use adaptive optics, as many of the newer ground-based telescopes do, they may be able to remove even those effects!

Don’t look up with your mouth open….

Actually, resolution is even more limited by the size of the camera’s lens, or the telescope’s mirror in the case of a reflecting telescope. That’s why the Hale scope (200") and even bigger ones were built. Not only do they collect more light, they have a better resolution than smaller ones. If air turbulence was the only limiting factor, the Hubble wouldn’t have had to be 94.8" across, would it?

Anyhoo, just because a satelite exists doesn’t mean it is an observation satelite. It could be weather, GPS, DirecTV, even the Moon..Now, those little skeeter sized remotely operated flying devices and mechanical cockroaches, on the othe hand…..

That’s a lot of satellites!